Masterpiece Generator Name Generator
How popular is the name Li?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lis are alive today.
Li (female), a spelling of Lea, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2016 (ranked 4763rd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 11 babies were given the name, the 2085th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lea you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Leas born in England and Wales are between 14 and 31, and there are at least 3,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Lea.
How many babies are named Li each year?
Includes all spellings: Li, Lea, Leigh. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Li spelling rank?
Where does the Lea spelling rank?
Where does the Leigh spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Li most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Lea, peaked in 1996, when 158 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Li spelling itself peaked in 2007, with 11 babies.
How many people are called Li?
At least 3,800 people named Li in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Li?
Most living Lis are between 14 and 31; the most common age is about 29.
Is Li becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.